Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Recommended Books
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Jerusalem
A Farewell to Arms
Brazil
A Tale of Love and Darkness
Jews Don’t Count
A People's Tragedy
Billy Summers
Diary of Samuel Pepys
Citizens
Lenin On The Train
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“Here’s a brilliant book i think many of you wld enjoy: Brazil: a Biography by Lilia Schwarcz & Heloise Starling. Superb beautifully written and masterly blockbuster history of this wild vast exotic country w its triumphs & crimes, slavery gold empire rebellion. @PenguinRandomUK”
“My five favourite Jerusalem books: the Diaries of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, Jewish Wars by Josephus, Tale of Love & Darkness by Amos Oz, Yoram Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem and what else The Bible of course. The superlative Jerusalem book.”
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“Here r the best books to understand Russia now fr IvanTerrible Catherine Stalin to Putin.I did this in 2017 but still essential reading: @robertservice00 @orlandofige chris bellamy dominic lieven @anneapplebaum catherine merridale @zygaro @Waterstones”
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“So sad to finish this last night. Such a joyous highspirited companion of a book,a fullbodied masterpiece of writing virtuosity,a peerless historical witness,a celebration of life in dark times.& I’dlove to have known Pepys. Every day: ‘up betimes’. Every night: ‘and so to bed’”
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“Lenin on the Train disccussed w Catherine Merridale @Dauntbooks The Bolsheviks were partly funded by the sale of condoms. Wonderful book”
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